The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
A WONDERFUL CORN DOCTOR.
1AiS singular Method OF Proving the
Value of His Salve.
From the London 1,elenrn,,h


Aais singular Method of Proving the
Value of His Salve.
From the London TeIeraph.
AS Enough bent on business that would
ADMIT OF no delay, smart mail phaeton. in
wnlch Were a well-dressed man and a howl
livery, might recently have been seen TO
ma" up In hurry at street corner in the
GosweIi road, and proceed to make prepara-
, rrorrS VI SO remarkable kind that, ere as
many seconds had elapsed, at least twenty
persons mad stopped to look on. The lad.
having ahghted, stood at the horses head
Wnlle the gentleman first of all withdraw
from from beneath the driving seat what looked
IKE a cash box of large size, and which he
| oStentatiously displayed.
Next he produced a shillalah. and. talk
my OH MS hat and turning back his cuffs. .
ae proceeded TO WELD it in defiant manner,
nnally bringing it down with a sounding
Inwack on the lid of the japanned box
lfOurng these singular preliminaries he had
no1 spoken one word. He continued to tap
: Vne caSn-oox In grim silence, and, mean
while, the crowd about him had rapidly in
creased. Then, his eountenance gradually
Teiaxlng to an expression of affability, he :
iald aside the shillalah and remarked:
Ladies and gentlemen, permit me to intro
chlropodist in Europe!"
There was general laugh at this and
movement betokening rapid dispersion on
the part of his audience; but he promptly
arrested them by holding up one hand, and
posing the bludgeon in the other. ''Stop a 7
minute, or you will miss an exhibition that,
though have given it hundreds of times in
France, Germany and America, is novelty
In the streets of London. When Just now
remarked that / was the most famous
chlropodist In Europe, or anywhere else in
the civilized world, l didnot use the words
as mere showmens patter. l stand here to
prove ito stand or fall literally on the
truth or falsehood of my assertion. To fall,
ladies' and gentlemen'-and down
came the shillalah with a
resounding ring ON the lid of the iron box
by as hard blow as the strongest man
among you can strike on my unprotected
head with this little bit of timber. You
laugh, gentlemen You can afford to, since
1t is not your craniums that are in jeopardy,
and cannot quarrel with you if it is your
opinion that, if | am fool enough to get my
skull cracked through making an empty
boast, it serves me right. But words with
out deeds are but idle wind. The proof is
the thing, and now for it. Most of those
| see around me are working men, and |
have no doubt that many of you are afflicted
with that bane of human happiness-corns
| don't seek for mild case. What l want
to operate on on the spot, and without
further parley or preparation. is the worst
specimen of corn that ever tormented
toe. Let the fortunate possesSor of that
corn step forward. Let him step up here
into my phaeton-I have my implements
with me-and with all eyes on me will ex-
tract his corn, and that without causing
him the slightest pain. And how, you ask
me, will | convince you that the operation
is a painless ones Twill tell you The per-
son who takes my word, and of whom /
will not ask fee or a single farthing, shall
hold in his right hand this bludgeon while |
am relieving him, if hurt him in the least
in the very least, mark mel give him
|, full and free permission to hit me over the
head with it as hard as he is able to-"
l saw no reason for suspecting that it was
a confederate who responded to the start
ling proposal. He was an Irishman, and
seemingly by occupation a bricklayers
laborer, and though no doubt he was plagued
with a bad corn, it is not impossible that an
itching to handle the shillalah acted as an
irresistible incentive to his accepting the
bold chiropodists challenge. Unlacing his
heavy boot, which was slit at the side, he
mounted the ph@ton, and the ''little bit of
timber" was at once politely handed to him,
and with a serio-comic twinkle in his eyes
the Irishman grasped it, first splitting in his
fist. The corn doctor examined the affected
toe through magnifying glass, and, shrug
ging his shoulders, observed: 81 asked for
a tough specimen, and, by George, I've got
onem
But he showed no disposition to back out
of his bargain. Producing his knives, he
knelt down, which brought the back of his
head Immediately under the uplifted shil
lalah. There were by this time at least 100
onlookers, and even the policeman, who had
come up evidently with the intention of
making the crowd move on, became an in
terested spectator. But the operator stuck
unflinchingly to his task. l was not close
enough to be an eye witness of the perform
ance, but after two or three minutes of such
prodigious exertion that the veins stood out
ON his perspiring forehead he rose to his feet
holding up to public view, and impaled on
the point of his lancet, what might or might
not have been a corn-a something as large
as a pea, with thready roots to it.
''Did I hurt you!' he demanded of the
Irishman. "Divil Bit" was the delighted
patients reply, land the pains clane gone"
''Of course it has, and will never come
back again And now, ladies and gentle
men, perhaps you think | am going to call
up the next person who wished to
be operated on. l would do SO, but l can
be Of greater benefit to YOU | can sell
Won a salve (here ne unlocked the iron
chest that will eradicate your corns as
completely as though they were extracted
with the knife, and without the danger at
tending that process, and the price is only
twopence the box. have risked broken
head to prove to you that l am not quack,
but a skilled professional and you will
please yourself as to whether you will risk
twopence in buying what | have to sell
youn In less than quarter of an hour
about forty boxes were disposed of, and
with the money thus neatly Melted the corn
curer ratified off in the mail phseton to seek
pastures new.
onrrrrp pI4ENnn1ENON EXPLAINED.